Children with Birth Defects
I do not have kids, not that I know of, anyway. Yet, it is not so hard to imagine having one with a birth defect and unable to correct it because, well, because you do not have the finances required for the operation(s).
I was born in a mid-sized industrial town, years ago. 
Giving birth was like a lottery in those days, no ultrasound, no MR, no nothing. I think it was even before that Dr. Spock??? (was it Spock?) published his book or it was not translated to Turkish. The country was underdeveloped, it still is in many ways, the hospitals were not among your favorite places and check-ups were usually unheard of. When a new-born had a problem, not necessarily a defect, parents had to wake before dawn to take a place in hospital queue, waited for hours to get a chance that a doctor could take a look.
But I still remember those parents, though accepting the defect in good faith possibly due to their religious affiliations, their agony, their grief, the sadness on their faces: They had to go the hospital again, to a hospital, staffed with a bunch of idealists, yet under-equipped, under-financed. And I still remember them talking, talking about a doctor, a hospital, a clinic, a whatever, in a country far away. If only they could take the infant there…
Times have changed, now. Here, there, even in the most developed countries barring a few exceptions, the hospitals are much better, and above all, the parents are better educated. Despite all, however, one thing remained constant or got worse: the distribution of income. Even the richest nations have suffered miserably in slightly flattening the wealth for the benefit of the many.
Now read that first paragraph again. What would you do if you had a child with a birth defect that could be corrected with a surgery but could not, because you were not making enough? What would some parents who did not even have the chance to make it there think, when you had the opportunity to help but you did not?
Its operating costs being covered by an anonymous donor, the Child Foundation Charity helps children with physical birth defects get the surgeries they need to look normal again, with 100% of the donations. Please visit their site and maybe you could help.
